ToolTips getting on my nerves.

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Hi, again, everybody.

 

I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this

question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do this.

 

I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them off,

but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of them are

very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of them

actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I cannot

remember how!

 

None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had

anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let Google run

their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better

afterwards.)

 

Thank you VERY much,

 

Andy

[Guest 3c273]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

I found this with Google. I'm not sure if this kills them all.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc

ed]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc

ed]

"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]

"Show"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc

ed]

"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc

ed]

"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor

er]

"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advan

ced]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

 

Louis

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> Hi, again, everybody.

>

> I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this

> question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do this.

>

> I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them off,

> but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of them

are

> very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of them

> actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I

cannot

> remember how!

>

> None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had

> anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let Google

run

> their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better

> afterwards.)

>

> Thank you VERY much,

>

> Andy

>

[Guest olfart]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> Hi, again, everybody.

>

> I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this

> question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do this.

>

> I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them off,

> but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of them

> are

> very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of them

> actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I

> cannot

> remember how!

>

> None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had

> anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let Google

> run

> their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better

> afterwards.)

>

> Thank you VERY much,

>

> Andy

>

 

if you like Google...why don't you use it???

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=turn+off+tooltips+xp

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

Thank you, Louis. This is great.

 

But I'm positive I didn't have to fool with the Registry when I turned the

ToolTips off and then, later, back on. It was one of those times when I just

ticked some box that probably said "Hide/Show ToolTips" without ever thinking

that I'd never be able to find it again!

 

Still, the Google searching hasn't turned up anything as simple and direct

as what I was imagining, so now I'm really curious how the heck I did this.

 

I'll use your Registry changes if I can't find the tick box.

 

Thanks,

 

Andy

[Guest Daave]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

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>

> Hi, again, everybody.

>

> I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this

> question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do

> this.

>

> I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them

> off,

> but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of

> them are

> very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of

> them

> actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I

> cannot

> remember how!

>

> None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had

> anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let

> Google run

> their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better

> afterwards.)

 

Go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/ .

 

Look in the left-hand column, number 11: "Disable All" (Balloon Tips)

 

Direct link:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/disableall.reg

 

Works like a charm. :-)

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

 

You're right, Olf. I should use Google. My brother tells me the same

thing. I just don't yet have it quite all the way in my head that Google is

good for things like this.

 

When needing technical answers for Microsoft products would *seem* like the

MS Help & Support and Knowledge Databases would be light years ahead of

anything you might find via an all-purpose internet search engine like Google.

 

But Google wins, hands-down, everytime!

 

Thanks for the kick,

 

Andy

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

Daave, thanks for the link to Kelly's Korner. I found tons of good stuff

there.

 

And, yes, these are the registry changes needed. (They're the same ones

found through Google by Louis above, too.) Seems like this is the way to

go--I'm getting this from several different sources--so I just made the

changes and will re-start in a minute.

 

The darn thing was that I used Microsoft's Tweak UI to disable the Task Bar

Ballon Tips (which were, in fact, the most annoying bunch of pop-up tips).

But the Tweak UI didn't work. So I was happy to go ahead and get into the

Registry.

 

Thanks for your help here,

 

Andy

[Guest Daave]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

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>

> Daave, thanks for the link to Kelly's Korner. I found tons of good

> stuff

> there.

>

> And, yes, these are the registry changes needed. (They're the same

> ones

> found through Google by Louis above, too.) Seems like this is the way

> to

> go--I'm getting this from several different sources--so I just made

> the

> changes and will re-start in a minute.

>

> The darn thing was that I used Microsoft's Tweak UI to disable the

> Task Bar

> Ballon Tips (which were, in fact, the most annoying bunch of pop-up

> tips).

> But the Tweak UI didn't work. So I was happy to go ahead and get into

> the

> Registry.

>

> Thanks for your help here,

 

You're welcome.

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

 

Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

 

I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I *still*

had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

 

So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything. Everything

looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

 

So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

 

I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used Google

to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not seeing

anything wrong or omitted.

 

Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out

something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

 

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

 

Andy

[Guest Daave]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

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>

> SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

>

> Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

>

> I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I

> *still*

> had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

>

> So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything.

> Everything

> looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

>

> So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

>

> I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used

> Google

> to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not

> seeing

> anything wrong or omitted.

>

> Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out

> something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

>

> Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

 

It sounds like you manually changed the registry. Perhaps something was

off. Did you download and double-click the .reg file from the site I

mentioned?

[Guest Gary Brandenburg]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

Have you tried: Control Panel/Folder Options & look at the last setting under the

*View* tab-"Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"?

 

~Gary

 

 

 

"Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>

> SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

>

> Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

>

> I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I *still*

> had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

>

> So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything. Everything

> looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

>

> So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

>

> I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used Google

> to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not seeing

> anything wrong or omitted.

>

> Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out

> something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

>

> Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

>

> Andy

>

>

>

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

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>

> Thank you, Louis. This is great.

>

> But I'm positive I didn't have to fool with the Registry when I turned the

> ToolTips off and then, later, back on. It was one of those times when I

> just

> ticked some box that probably said "Hide/Show ToolTips" without ever

> thinking

> that I'd never be able to find it again!

>

> Still, the Google searching hasn't turned up anything as simple and direct

> as what I was imagining, so now I'm really curious how the heck I did

> this.

>

> I'll use your Registry changes if I can't find the tick box.

>

 

You probably didn't. It is one of the options in TweakUI.

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

 

"Gary Brandenburg" wrote:

 

Have you tried: Control Panel/Folder Options & look at the last setting

under the

*View* tab-"Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"?

 

~Gary

 

 

 

I checked that, Gary. I had it un-checked, so no luck there. I was

curious, though, and checked the box to see what I'd get. What I got was

MORE poppin' ToolTips! These were on the Start Menu items and some others.

 

But thanks for your note. I *am* getting a really good sense of where all

of the ToolTip controls are to be found. (As usual, they're scattered all

over the place, which is not an unusual approach for the folks at Microsoft.)

 

Andy

>

>

> "Andy_XP_Devotee" <AndyXPDevotee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:601D5F67-EF92-455C-A52A-AF3041E804D2@microsoft.com...

> >

> > SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

> >

> > Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

> >

> > I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I *still*

> > had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

> >

> > So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything. Everything

> > looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

> >

> > So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

> >

> > I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used Google

> > to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not seeing

> > anything wrong or omitted.

> >

> > Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out

> > something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

> >

> > Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

> >

> > Andy

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest Andy_XP_Devotee]

Re: ToolTips getting on my nerves.

 

 

> It sounds like you manually changed the registry. Perhaps something was

> off. Did you download and double-click the .reg file from the site I

> mentioned?

 

 

Yep. I've crossed-checked every detail. I've gone through the list you

linked from Kelly's site 3 times. But there has got to be something I'm

forgetting here. Maybe I'm too tired to see it right now.

 

Let me know if anything occurs to you. Your help would be put to good use

for sure!

 

Thanks,

 

Andy